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Coffee Against Obstipation in Intensive Care Treatment

NCT01473966 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2011-11-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Coffee might stimulate bowel movement and thus overcome obstipation in intensive care unit (ICU) patients.

Conditions

  • Obstipation

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

coffee

patients will receive a cup of coffee at room temperature orally twice daily

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

coffee rectally

patients receive an enema of two cups of coffee at room temperature once daily

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital Heidelberg

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christoph Eisenbach · University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-11-30
Primary Completion
2013-12-31
Completion
2014-06-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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